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Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
HEATING CARS.
Progress Toward Getting Rid of the
 Old Fashioned Stoves.

The following letter has been sent to the railroad commissioners by the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad company:
 GENTLEMEN: Replying to your circular, would say that this company is energetically prosecuting the study of the best method of heating passenger equipment cars by steam taken from the locomotive. We have two trains running between Buffalo, N. Y., and Lockport, N. r., equipped with the Martin system of heating, which IS simply line of pipes with metallic connection between the cars, steam taken from the locomotive boiler and controlled by globe valve or reducing valve, as may be preferred. The water of con- densation is automatically trapped and dis posed of at each coupling between the cars. We also have in process of equipment at Jer- sey City train of cars to be run our Nyack express between Jersey City, N. J., and Ny | ack, N. 1., the cars in question being partly ' fitted under the Williams system and partly under the system of the New York Safety Heating Company. Ths Williams system in- voles the use of 8 double line of pipes, with pump to induce return circuit. The system l of heating devised by the New York Safety | Heating Company is applicable to existing | cars which are fitted with any form of heater which utilizes the circulation of hot water | through the pipes to effect the necessary radi- ation and heating. Under this system the | steam from the locomotive is brought into 8 | drum under each car, this drum in turn con- \ taining coil or series of cois of pipes which are connected witas thS- circulating pipes in- side the bar. In this manner the use of coal in the heater proper as fuel to generate heat | can be discontinued and steam from the loco motive substituted, as above explained.
 Since the passage of the law we have not in- | troduced any old-fashioned hot air heaters in | the new cars, but have introduced the Baker heater or some equivalent form of car heat | ing, which uses a system of pipes for circulat- | ing hot water under the seats. Owing to this pr paration all the ca equipped can later l on be readily heated by steam from the loco motive under the system of the New York Safety Heating Company. or some other equiv l alent system. One cause which has operated to delay the very generalintroduction of steam heating of the passenger trains is the absolute necessity of uniform coupling for the steam pipes and hose connection between the cars, in order that cars of different railways may cou- pie together without difficulty. Several meet ings of representatives of different principal | railroads have been held to determine the best form of uniform coupling, and much progress toward a final determination of the question has been effected.
 | R. H. SoUIE,
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

Authentic news has reached Vienna to the effect that numerous Cossack regiments are being massed in Russian Poland.
 A report is current that Emperor Francis Joseph will send Archduke Carl Ludwig to St. Petersburg to remove misunderstanding regarding the military preparations.
 The Petit Journal censures President Car not for sending, through M. Herbette, the French Ambassador at Berlin, message to Emperor William that he would do all in his power to maintain amicable relations between France and Germany.
 The Dii-itto of Rome denies that the Duke of Norfolk had political mission.
 A monument to Edmond About was un- yelled in Pere le Chase, the beautiful cemetery near Paris. M. Ferry was present.
 During his recent visit to San R, mo the Duke of Edinburgh expressed the opinion that war in Europe was almost certain to come soon.
 Lord Randolph Churchill has gone to Russia. He will visit St. Petersburg and Mos- COW. He has no diplomatic mission.
 Mir. Gladstone, it is announced, will start for the North of Italy on the 26th inst,
 Tho first issue of nickel and silver coinage in France will appear shortly, amounting to 70,000,00o francs.
 The Marquis of Mecklenheim has been ar- rested in Paris for swindling an old lady out of large sums or money
 Maurice Bernhardt, son of Sarah Bern hardt, is announced to marry the Princess Virginia Clotilde Jablonowski, great-grand- daughter of Lucien Bcnaparte.
 A company has been formed at Hamburg, with capital of S25o, ,(r50 n. shares and pow CTS enabling it to borrow S1IS, 900 more, for the purpose of establishing line of coasting steamships in Chinese waters.
 Thomas Callan and Michael Harkins, the alleged American dynan,iters, have been com mitted for trial in London.
 At the military council held by Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna it was decided to maintain an attitude of observation toward Russia.
 Mir Gladstone has written letter declin- ing to interfere actively in the international arbitration movement.
 The Sultan gave cordial reception to Mr. w. K Vanderbilt and MT. Strauss the American Minister.
 Gen. Sansboeuf, the new president of the French Patriotic League has resigned. Po- litical dissension is killing the league have died from injuries received at Trafalgar the most imposing public demonstration seen for many years. The procession was . mile and half long.
 under Rumbir Gung has been dispersed with great loss of life.
 The Bulgarian Minister of War has de- manded credit in order to purchase 100, OO1 rifles
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
OYSTER PIRATES WIN.
They Pepper with Bullets a Vessel
 Sent to Watch Them.

Capt. TT,ner: of the steamer Gov. Hamilton of the oyster navy. returned, says Baltimore despatch, with his vessel pretty we'll pepered with bullets. He had been at Swans Point. on the Chester River, to prevent dredgers pursuing their ca ling on this forbidden ground. A cannon had been posted there to keep the oystermen at bay. At the dead of night two dredgcrs sailed mp, and, lowering their yawi boats, f;;le1 them with picked men. They pulled to land and captured the gun.
 This led to the Sarrisoning Swans Point until yesterday, when the dredserS assembled Tn force and determined to give battle. They were armed vita rifles and spelling for fight. At signal they banged away at the steamer. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the Captain, pretty we'll scared, made haste to get away. AS he steamed ont the dredge fired again, and kept on peppering Ihe vessel until it got beyond reach Tine steamer anded here this evening, and the Captain proposes to lay in stock of guns and rifles, and increase his force. Then he vii return to fight the dredgers.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
THE MAN WITH THE LANTERN.
An Individual Responsible for Much
 Destruction in the Oil Regions.

''One of the greatest terrors of the oil regions" said John Morganthaler of Ti- tusville, ''is the Man with the Lan- term He has been the cause of more needless confiagrations among oil wells than any thing else, and has cost the re- gions millions of dollars. He is usual ly an employee about the wells, and nine cases out of ten man of expert ence and intelligence, but he will per sist in taking the chances in paying visit now and then to some gas-envel- oped tank, carrying his lighted lantern with him. The result isn't always dis astrous, but that Is not the fault of the Man with the Lantern. Usually an ex- plosion results. If destructive fire does not follow that, the fact will be without precedent. Sometimes the cause of q fire of this kind will not be quite certain at first, but it only needs a roll call of the employees of that par ticuhr property, and the taking of an account of the tool house stock to ascer- tain the cause. There will be one em- ployee short, and the number of Ian terms will be less by one. Then it is known that the Man with the Lantern has been walking. Oh, yes! The Man with the Lantern always disappears on ! occasions of this kind, and instances are | rare where even as much as piece of his ear Is ever found. But he Is not dead. The Man with the Lantern nev- CT dies in the oil regions. He will be sure to walk again short time after he has disappeared once.
 "The Man with the Lantern first ap- peared in history in 1914. It was at Marietta, Ohio. Nobody knew what petroleum was in those days, but in dig covered. It was called s'fossil oil' by with it. A lot of the oil was collected the Lantern came stalking on the scene, but the pyrotechnical wonders and splendors that were displayed in that vicinity for days and nights as result of his visit failed to compensate his wid- ow and six small children for his sudden transfguration. He materialized with the beginning of operations in oil twen- ty-fve years ago, and his dread appari- tion will doubtless continue to walk abroad as long as oil wells last.
 'The Girl with the Oil Can, whom, of course, you have heard of, seems to | nave A ullSSlOu Ou oaTCu SlII1lhT to CIlHt of the Man with the Lantern, but she being confined to the domestic hearth, of course, does not concern the oil trade in business way. But speaking of the Girl with the Oil Can, do you know where she is first mentioned in history ? Way back in the early days of Oil Creek. The Widow McClintock, owner of the great McClintock Farm, was the first one of whom there is any record of hay ing hastened her fire with coal oil, with the result that has since become pain fully familiar. It was through thai careless act of hers that her adopted son, John Steele, was left fatherless and motherless on cold and cheerless world with only $2,700 a day coming in from the McCintock wells for him to keet the wolf from the door with. Everybody knows how Johnny Steele got along His fortune disappeared as quickly as the oil can which gave it to him."
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
From the School Room.

A teacher in city near New York had small class in easy physiology. They had had several lessons on the ear, and had been SO thoroughly drilled on the names and uses of all its parts, that when some visitors dropped in the teacher was glad it happened to be the hour for this class to recite. After ask ing several questions and receiving prompt and correct answers, she said:
 "What is the name of the canal ill the ear?'
 The child hesitated a moment, and then spoke up, loud and plain:
 ''The Erie canal"
 The visitors thought if she judged by the sound 1t was no wonder the child thought the Erie Canal ought to be in the ear, and were perhaps better pleased than the teacher was with the answer.
 Another teacher in the same city asked one of her scholars the meaning of the word ''vicissitude.
 ''Change," was the reply.
 "That is right" said the teacher; ''now give me sentence with the word vicissitude ill it,
 "My mother sent me to the store to vicissitude dollar bill"
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
NO PAURERS WANTED.
Massachusetts Sending Objections
 ble Emigrants Back.

More paupers have been sent back t Europe this year by the State of Massachusetts than ever before. The greater part of the paupers returned are taken from the charitable insti- tutions of the State. In some cases, where the immigrant becomesa pauper within six months from the time of landing, he is sent back at the steamship company's expense, but in most cases this burden falls upon the State Im- migrants who are returned to Europe some times come back, and are sent back for the second time.
 A woman 2S years old, who has been for year at the Danvers Lunatic Asylum, was sent home. Recently she was found among the steerase passengers of an incoming steamer. When asked what she came for she replied: ''To get m ,rliel." She was returned by the steamer that brought her over. During the year ending Oct. the Division of Im'nigra- ton has sent about 200 paupers to foreign count ies about 115 of them going to Great Britain and 9 to Canada. In addition, they have sent 50J paupers to other States of the Union, the most of whom were foreign born It has been decided not to allow stowaways to land unless friends wi l come forward and show their ability and willingness to care for them. It has been founl that stowaways us- ually bring up in jail.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
TO BOYCOTT PROHIBITION. Western Brewers Won't Buy Prohi-
 bitiOn Malt.

Considerable stir has been caused in Chica- go by tho fact leaking out that the Keeley Brewing Company had instructed its brokers to buy no barley grown in or shipped from the States of Iowa or Kansas. The instructions to the broker read as follows: s'When purchasing barley for our account you must have guar antee from the seller that the barley was not grown in either of the States of Iowa or Kan sas, or shipped from any town in either of those States John P. Tay'or, Secretary of the Brokers Committee, Is quoted to day as say ing: ''No, it is not an attempt to punish those States for their prohibition principles. Butif they won't buy our beer, it is quite proper that we should not buy their barley, isn't it ?" MT. Taylor said he issued the order because he thought the Minnesota and Wisconsin barley was better than the Iowa and Kansas barley, land because" he added, ''there is no need of our buying from them if we can get as good or better somewhere else" At other breweries it was said the matter mp to the present time concerned only the Keeley Company. Louis Hack the millionaire Malster sa the delib- erations of the brewers association were held in secret If there were such movement as intimated he would join it heart and soul
 The farmers of Iowa were hypocrites, he de
 clared, claiming to believe in prohibition, and raising barley for the manufacture of whiskey and beer.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
Pcansyivania'S icS.

The inquiries for steel I'd Is at the various rail mills of the Unite1 States call for about 2 0.oo0 tons, according to to-dly's estimate, and it is understood the bulk of this business would be placel If difference of S1 to Sl.50 between makers and buyers could be gotten over. Bars, nails, slates, sheets and pipes are quiet, an no dc ,ression in prices is probable. Manufacturers are coln:in, on an improving demand. No sales of foreign materials. An thracite demlnd takes all that can be pro- duced. Tn dry goods distribu ion is con fined to cotton goods and the better qualities of hosiery, knit goods and upholstery. There wiIl be very very little idieness in the city or State industries this winter. Crude material of all kinds is not over abundant, and prices arc firm. The indications point to active rail road building on both sides of the Mississippi valley next spring, and this is aa apparent inn provement in the tone of the material mar kek<
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
Too Large for the Tunnels.

It may seem like fairy tale yet it is true that the Pennsylvania Railroad, great as it's resources are, is unable to furnish transporta- tion for some of the plate glass made at Pitts Ourgh, not, however, because of its weight but because 1t Is too large to admit of its passage through the tunnels ong the route of road A Philadelphia architect lately placed an order with local manufacturer for two plates of glass to be used in a structure in the eastern metropolis of Pennsylvania, each to be in size l44xl96 inches, or 14xl6 feet, but it was found to be impossible to get rail transportation for them. Nothing dannted, however, the archi- tect determined to have the glass at any haz- ard and has made arrangements to have it slipped by river to New Orleans, and thence by sea to Philadelphia.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28

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Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28

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Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
CATTLE MARKETS.

NEW YoRK.-Good Steers, 1014c.; Fair do., to S5sc.; Oxen, 6s4 to 9l4c.; Dry Cows, live weight, to 3s4c.; Bulls, do., ? to sac; i; Sheep, ,S$4 to 51sc.: Lambs, 5I to 624c. veals, 3;
 WATERTowN, Mass.-Market Beef, choice, S7.00 to S7.50; extra, S6.50 to S6. 75; list quail ity, $500 to S6.25; 2d quality, $500 to S5.5o; Sd quality, S4.Go to S4.5O. Swine.-West. m fat, live, 5'4 to 5 ac.; Northern dressed hogs, 61a to 6$4c per fb. Sheep and Lambs.-Tn lots, s2 2.00 to S3. 75 each; extra S4 % to $4 [, Spring Lambs. 4sl to 6c, per fb; Veal Calves 2L to 61 ssc per tb.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
"L" Railroads in Chicago.

A new elevated railway scheme, covering a comprehensive system for all three divisions of the city, is said to be on foot among New York syndicate representing S2o, QUO capi tai. The company is styled the ''Chicago Re munerating Elevated Railway Company" It will propose to the city council that, Tn lieu of the city per cent of it's gross receipts. Three cent fares will be the rule with transfers to any part of the city at ono cent mile. Ste phen A. Douglass is the Chicago representa- tive of the srndidate.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28

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Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
The Rir RriOCC.

The report of the Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge for the year ended Dec 1 was resented to Mayor Hewitt. The bridge receipts from tolls for the year amounted to SS50, 724.23, and the receipts from all sources amounted to $93S. 2Sl. 21. The numaer of pas sengers carried in the cars was 27, ,9a0, ,313, and there were 2,66s, 4l3 foot passengers, or total of persons using the bridge of 30, ,6o4, 726. The expenses of maintaining the bridge amounted to $9S9, 45l22.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
Characterization fin BraziI

Planters owning 2,5OO slaves met at San Pedro and resolved to set free all their slaves at an carly date and decided to convene a meeting of all the San Paulo planters to agree on general emancipation of all the slaves in the province not later than the end of 1890. It is more than probable that the proposed re- suit will be attained, as Brazilians are very susceptible 10 impulses of enthusiasm, and now religion. as well as humanitarianism, is arrayed against slavery. Many consider it will be impossible to raise coffee with free labor.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
Barnum'S Elephant Skeleton.

It has been decided by the committee of the anatomical museum at Cornell that the skee- ton of Grace, Barnum's elephant, drowned at Bridgeport, should be secured for the museum, as has been the brain already. The skeleton will be mounted by Ward, of Rochester, and will constitute very valuable addition to the museum as subject of both study and gen erRl interest.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28

LADY-What can I, get divorce for 1? Iowa Lawyer Nothing. Lady-Why, how cheap! I always thought it took piles of money. Lawyer-Money9 Oh! it will cost you just $2OO counsels fees. I thought you were asking about the cause.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
An Anti-ChrOmO Law,

The South Carolina Legislature has just passed law which makes it "a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, for any person who shall sell, exchange, or dispose of any article upon representation, advertise reward will go with the article purchased. This kills the chromo and prize business ill that State.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28

LovE.-Told by philosophical writer on matrimony in Western paper: "And just here let me repeat an anec- dote of wife of few months, who, ill the midst of her first quarrel, was asked by her husband which ought to give up first, the man who was the head of the woman, or the woman who was created for the man? With smile and kiss the wife replied: Neither the stronger nor the weaker, but the one who loves the most. "- Waterbury American.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
The Cherokee Ouarrel

General Armstrong, United States Indian Inspector, has been detailed by the interior department to investigate the Che okee con- phcations over the chieftainship of that na- ton, and in conjunction With Indian Agent Owens, who has been on the ground some days, will make a thorough examination of affairs and effect an adjustment of the trou- bles if possible.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28

TYPHOID fever recently developed at the Norristown Insane Asylum. Like certain other medicinal measures, it killed some, but it also cured several patients who had suffered for some time from insanity. Erysipelas has been known to do the same thing.
Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28

SOMEONE signing himself G. w. Red mond is sending postals about to vacant churches, advertising himself " first class Pastor" It is as we'll for our churches to understand that first-class ministers do not advertise themselves in this way,